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Polyus Deadline Extended

By The Moscow Times

KazakhGold Group, bidding to take over its parent Polyus Gold, extended a deadline on Tuesday for the offer to try to resolve issues raised by Kazakh authorities.

The company shifted the deadline to Sept. 17 from Aug. 11, it said in a statement Tuesday. Shareholders approved the merger at an extraordinary general meeting Tuesday, it said.

(Bloomberg)

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